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Monday, June 2nd, 2008OK, so he’s been here for a while now, working out. But now Detroit Tigers star relief pitcher is about to become a Flying Tiger as the beginning of his rehab assignment. Joel was injured in the off-season while moving boxes as his parents home was near the San Diego wildfires. He had surgery shortly […]
All-Stars!
Sunday, June 1st, 2008Florida State League All-Stars have been announced. Flying Tigers Rick Porcello, Scott Sizemore, Matt O’Brien, Cale Iorg, and James Skelton have made the team! Louis Marte was also selected but will not be participating due to his recent promotion to AA Erie. Click here for a look at the rest of the All-Star roster.
The game […]
LFTB Spotlight: Ryan Strieby
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008After a sub-par April, the 22-year old right-hander from the University of Kentucky has put together a fantastic May. Over 23 games (83 at-bats), Ryan has hit .325/.418/.566 with an improved 12:20 bb/k ratio. During that span he has 8 doubles, 4 homeruns and 18 RBI’s.
Ryan was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the […]
Tata Re-activated
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008Jordan Tata has been re-activated from the Disabled List and is now on the LFT active roster.
Clelland Released
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Flying Tigers pitcher Ed Clelland has been released. He had a 1-0 record with a 4.70 ERA this year. Over his last 10 outings he had allowed just 4 earned runs over 12 innings (3.00 ERA) with 3 walks and 10 strikeouts. As of now it is not known why he was released, but we […]
Look Out Below!
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Duane Below was awesome last night. 7.1 innings, 1 earned run, 5 hits, 1 walk, 10 strikeouts! That is getting the job done. He’s now gone 5 straight outings without allowing more than 3 earned runs. He is also working later into games, which is a good sign. Lakeland starters just aren’t getting many innings […]
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